Causeway Bay Fashion Walk | 'Weaving New Ideas: Italian and Hong Kong Menswear New Wave' Exhibition

Description

Hosted by Hong Kong Design Centre, in collaboration with Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana (CNMI) and sponsored by the Creative Industries Development Agency (CCIDA) under the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau, the cross-regional fashion exchange project 'Weaving New Ideas: Italian and Hong Kong Menswear New Wave' will be held at Fashion Walk, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong from 2 September to 13 September 2026. This project is also one of the flagship programmes of Hong Kong Fashion Week.

This exhibition is the first strategic cooperation project between Hong Kong Design Centre and CNMI, the organiser of Milan Fashion Week, showcasing the new forces in Italian and Hong Kong menswear design. It presents a cross-cultural showcase of menswear from a contemporary design, craftsmanship and innovative creative perspective.

Curated by CNMI's International New Talent and Brand Ambassador, Ms Sara Sozzani Maino, the exhibition takes 'INFLECTION' as its theme, reflecting the evolution and reshaping of contemporary menswear. Through the latest creations of designers from both places, the exhibition reinterprets classic tailoring, material application and gender aesthetic boundaries, while also presenting new facets of experimental spirit, exquisite craftsmanship and sustainable development thinking.

The exhibition features ten outstanding emerging menswear design brands from Italy and Hong Kong, responding to the rapid development of the menswear market and filling the long-term market gap in the Asian fashion industry, which has been dominated by womenswear. The exhibition promotes meaningful cross-cultural creative dialogue, presenting a preview of the 2027 Spring/Summer menswear collection, blending European and Asian craftsmanship, avant-garde design innovation and sustainable values, and showcasing the breakthrough vision of the new generation of fashion talents.

This exhibition is not only a showcase of creativity but also further affirms Hong Kong's role as a hub for fashion design in Asia. The project gathers creative resources from different regions, promotes continuous and in-depth creative exchanges between Hong Kong and Italy, and drives the long-term development of the menswear industry in the region.

The ten participating designer brands include:

ÆNRMØUS (Designers: K Cheang and Uia Kwok) (Hong Kong)
DOMENICO OREFICE (Designer: Domenico Orefice) (Italy)
GROSSI (Designer: Andrea Grossi) (Italy)
MATERIA (Designer: Francesco Saverio Matera) (Italy)
MTL STUDIO (Designer: Matteo Lamandini) (Italy)
MURFI LAU (Designer: Murfi Lau) (Hong Kong)
PONDER.ER (Designers: Alex Po and Derek Cheng) (Hong Kong)
THE WORLD IS YOUR OYSTER (Designers: Calvin Chan and Joyce Kun) (Hong Kong)
VICTOR-HART (Designer: Victor Reginald Bob Abbey-Hart) (Italy)
WILSONKAKI (Designer: Wilson Yip) (Hong Kong)